<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:27:25.258-08:00</updated><category term='boomgaard'/><category term='kunst'/><category term='rubens'/><category term='lente'/><category term='natuur'/><category term='glas'/><category term='watch'/><category term='jenever drank'/><title type='text'>rvb cheers!</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-5362989562943360431</id><published>2008-04-30T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:20.887-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kunst'/><title type='text'>Langs de landerijen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBjOC6oxucI/AAAAAAAABM4/KrwIrvcwhQ0/s1600-h/langs_de_landerijen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195128719667214786" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBdO0KoxuYI/AAAAAAAABMY/cdqfaBC1cLA/s400/Adobe%2520Carmenere.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Adobe is an ageless construction material use by numerous cultures from ancient times. It consists of a mixture of mud and straw, moulded into the shape of a brick and dried outdoors. Our own cellars are partially built with this material.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The wine was produced with organically grown grapes, based on the gentle care of the vineyard and a close relationship with the environment. Organic viticulture allows us to achieve the maximum expression of our vineyards and terroir.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SCChYqoxueI/AAAAAAAABNI/qT6GNfT6JcA/s1600-h/Untitled-9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197331415119804898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 453px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" height="196" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SCChYqoxueI/AAAAAAAABNI/qT6GNfT6JcA/s400/Untitled-9.jpg" width="453" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SCCelKoxudI/AAAAAAAABNA/hA5Tl_JPH2Y/s1600-h/Emiliana+-+Untitled-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197328331333286354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 459px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px" height="260" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SCCelKoxudI/AAAAAAAABNA/hA5Tl_JPH2Y/s400/Emiliana+-+Untitled-1.jpg" width="459" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emiliana.cl/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.emiliana.cl/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-3212300569913884213?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/3212300569913884213/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=3212300569913884213' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3212300569913884213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3212300569913884213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/adobe-vhile-colchagua-valley.html' title='Adobe, Chile, Colchagua Valley'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBdO0KoxuYI/AAAAAAAABMY/cdqfaBC1cLA/s72-c/Adobe%2520Carmenere.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-1034517205653839932</id><published>2008-04-27T15:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:22.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Trappe</title><content type='html'>Welke bierspecialiteiten er in 'De Koningshoeven' gebrouwen worden? En waarin ze van elkaar verschillen? Als we het assortiment van La Trappe bekijken ziet u vier soorten trappist: Blond, Dubbel, Tripel en Quadrupel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Trappe Trappistenbier is bovengistend en elke soort heeft navergisting op fles.&lt;br /&gt;Elk soort heeft een eigen karakter. Laten we met La Trappe Blond beginnen:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBUBbqoxuXI/AAAAAAAABMQ/i4xxkeTcxAY/s1600-h/trap.bmp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194059320055150962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" height="236" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBUBbqoxuXI/AAAAAAAABMQ/i4xxkeTcxAY/s400/trap.bmp.jpg" width="343" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De "Blond" is een helder, sprankelend, doordrinkbaar blond bier van hoge gisting afgestemd op de Europese smaak. Typerend is het gebruik van verfijnde hopsoorten waardoor het bier een zacht bittere afdronk heeft. Kenmerkend is de frisse doch aromatische geur. Bevat 6,5% vol. alc. en is zowel in fles 30 cl., 75 cl. en fust 30 lit. leverbaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De "Dubbel" van La Trappe is een donkere, robijnrode Trappist en heeft een zacht aromatisch maar bovenal fris karakter.&lt;br /&gt;Bevat 6,5% vol. alc.en is zowel in fles 30 cl., 75 cl., kruik 50 cl.en fust 30 lit. leverbaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBUBbqoxuXI/AAAAAAAABMQ/i4xxkeTcxAY/s1600-h/trap.bmp.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De "Tripel" van La Trappe bevat 8% vol. alc. Het is een donkerblonde Trappist met een fruitige bitterzoeter smaak.&lt;br /&gt;Verkrijgbaar in fles 30 en 75 cl., kruik 75 cl. en fust 30 lit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De "Quadrupel" van La Trappe is met z'n 10% vol.alc. de zwaarste specialiteit. De smaak is vol, mild en aangenaam bitter. Quadrupel wordt afgevuld op jaartal en is goed gezelschap voor lange winteravonden.&lt;br /&gt;Verkrijgbaar in fles 30 en 75 cl., kruik 75 cl. en op fust 30 lit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latrappe.nl/"&gt;http://www.latrappe.nl/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBUBbqoxuXI/AAAAAAAABMQ/i4xxkeTcxAY/s1600-h/trap.bmp.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-1034517205653839932?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/1034517205653839932/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=1034517205653839932' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1034517205653839932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1034517205653839932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/la-trappe.html' title='La Trappe'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBUBbqoxuXI/AAAAAAAABMQ/i4xxkeTcxAY/s72-c/trap.bmp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-2401720675888023156</id><published>2008-04-27T15:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T15:28:41.134-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Last Supper in detail</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/"&gt;http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seit kurzem kann das berühmte und eigentlich nur&lt;br /&gt;schwer zugängliche Gemälde „Das Letzte Abendmahl“&lt;br /&gt;von Leonardo da Vinci auch hoch aufgelöst&lt;br /&gt;im Internet betrachtet werden. Leicht war es allerdings&lt;br /&gt;nicht, ein 509 Jahre altes und 4,60 x 8,80&lt;br /&gt;Meter großes Wandbild in eine Datei mit mehr als&lt;br /&gt;16 Billionen Pixeln umzuwandeln.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-2401720675888023156?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/2401720675888023156/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=2401720675888023156' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2401720675888023156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2401720675888023156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/last-supper-in-detal.html' title='Last Supper in detail'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-1155308782162837135</id><published>2008-04-27T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:22.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mondriaan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBSD-6oxuWI/AAAAAAAABMI/AxhPSjK57b8/s1600-h/A1258~MondrianBl166.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193921387180439906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBSD-6oxuWI/AAAAAAAABMI/AxhPSjK57b8/s400/A1258~MondrianBl166.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 26 april 2008 t/m 26 oktober 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ter gelegenheid van de succesvolle tentoonstelling Mondriaan in Keulen - nu al meer dan 100.000 bezoekers - verscheen het boek Mondriaan. Collectie Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Hierin wordt afgerekend met het heersende beeld van Piet Mondriaan als koele, mathematische man en blijkt dat hij  juist een kunstenaar is met passie, op zoek naar een nieuwe vormentaal in de schilderkunst. Een man die helemaal niet beredeneerd aan het werk ging, maar juist aftastte, probeerde en experimenteerde totdat er iets ontstond waarvan hij het gevoel had dat het klopte. Binnenkort schitteren zijn schilderijen weer in het Gemeentemuseum en illustreren ze deze nieuwe visie op Mondriaans ontwikkeling.&lt;br /&gt;Net als in zijn boek is Conservator en Mondriaandeskundige Hans Janssen bij de tentoonstelling niet uitgegaan van het heersende beeld dat het werk van Mondriaan voor alles een strakke, lineaire ontwikkeling toont. In plaats daarvan neemt hij juist de schilderijen en aquarellen zelf als uitgangspunt en ontstaat er een andere kijk op die ontwikkeling. Aan de hand van groepjes werken met hetzelfde onderwerp, bijvoorbeeld boerderijen of landschappen, uit dezelfde of juist verschillende jaren, of aan de hand van werken die in eenzelfde periode gemaakt lijken te zijn op grond van hun stijl, toont Janssen dat Mondriaan steeds opnieuw dingen uitprobeert, twijfelt, loslaat en opnieuw oppakt tot er echt iets moois ontstaat. Met uitzondering van de opdrachtwerken die hij maakte op bestelling, wist hij van te voren niet waar hij wilde uitkomen als hij aan een werk begon. Het wordt duidelijk dat Mondriaan vooral in zijn vroege werk een buitengewoon wendbare, veranderlijke kunstenaar is.&lt;br /&gt;Mondriaan blijkt ook een man te zijn die niet, zoals in de modernistische visie wordt beweerd, alleen en op eigen kracht zijn weg ging en zijn eigen pad volgde maar wel degelijk beïnvloed werd door zijn omgeving en door de mensen om hem heen. Verschillende kunstenaars met wie Mondriaan werkte, zoals Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, Jacoba van Heemskerk, Jan Toorop en zijn mede oprichters van De Stijl speelden op verschillende  momenten een aanwijsbare rol in Mondriaans leven en ontwikkeling. In de getoonde werken blijkt de wederzijdse  beïnvloeding tijdens de gezamenlijke zoektocht naar het ultieme kunstwerk en de verschillende antwoorden daarop.&lt;br /&gt;De collectie Piet Mondriaan van het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is de grootste ter wereld. Aan de hand van deze verzameling is de ontwikkeling van de kunstenaar goed te volgen van zijn vroege figuratieve tot aan zijn laatste, abstracte hoogtepunt de Victory Boogie Woogie. Dit laatste werk is in de afgelopen jaren aan een uitgebreid onderzoek onderworpen. 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&lt;/b&gt;mission is to preserve the niche player position and continue to create great Port and Douro wines bringing together secular tradition and innovation.&lt;img style="WIDTH: 471px; HEIGHT: 268px" height="298" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/composicaoSmall.png" width="540" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;EPOORT &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;is spread out at several locations. The headquarters, in the center of Porto, centralises administration, logistics and communication. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;This is where Dirk Niepoort brings home ground-breaking ideas and plans, when returning from the many tastings and business trips. Elisabete Oliveira, in the company since 1973, worked with 3 Niepoort generations (Edu, Rolf and Dirk) and handles together with Nininha, Alexandra and Vitor the day to day work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;In 2005 José Teles integrated the Niepoort team as General Manager and Verena Niepoort joined as executive partner. The complementary experience of both José Teles (since 1988 in the port wine sector) and Verena Niepoort (project management and information technologies since 1991) are valuable to enhance structure and processes, keeping up the good teamwork and mainting flexibility, uniqueness and the healthy balance of secular tradition versus innovation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;The Niepoort Cellars are located in Rua Serpa Pinto, Vila Nova Gaia. Surrounded by different other port wine cellars, this is the magical space where the old Niepoort wines age in old casks, bottles or demijons... Masterblender José Nogueira joined his father also named José Nogueira at the age of 14 and in September 2006 José Rodrigo Nogueira (his son) integrated the Niepoort team maintaining this very special tradition of Nogueira family generation side by by side with Niepoort generations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="451" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/NiepoortCatacumbas2.png" width="300" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Niepoort Wine Cellars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Rita Burmester)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="268" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/JoseNogueira.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;José Nogueira &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ola E. Hofshagen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Nicholas Delaforce joined the team in 2003 helping in the Wine Cellars and also coordinating the harvest and vinification of port wines in the Douro (Vale Mendiz). His background, Delaforce is a traditional English port wine family, and his experience in the port wine trade since 1992 were important to invest in a dedicated vinification center for port wine in DOURO.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="326" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Nick3.jpg" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="314" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Nick4.jpg" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="304" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Nick2.jpg" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Sequence of Nicholas Delaforce in the cellars (Photos by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ola E. Hofshagen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/NiepoortGaia1.png" width="300" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Niepoort Wine Cellars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Rita Burmester)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/NiepoortGaia2.png" width="300" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Niepoort Wine Cellars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Rita Burmester)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;About 15 people are employed in these cellars for the ageing, bottling, labelling and packaging of the Niepoort wines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="311" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/DIrkZezeGaiaOutside.png" width="299" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Dirk Niepoort &amp;amp; Masterblender José Nogueira &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="451" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/NiepoortCatacumbas1.png" width="300" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;Demijons bottles in Niepoort Wine Cellars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Rita Burmester)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="360" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/demijons.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;demijons bottles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="358" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/GaiaStillLive.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Office Tools in Gaia Cellars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;U&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;INTA DE NÁPOLES &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;was purchased by Niepoort in 1987. The Quinta includes nearly 30 ha of vineyard. The vines are at an altitude of 180-250m and the age varies between 18 and more than 70 years. Located at the left margin of the Têdo river, this is were Niepoort makes their red, white and rosé wines. Since 1987 Maria José and Sr. Manuel live at the Quinta. Maria José is the cook for the many occasional visitors and for the team. Wines and vineyards of Niepoort and all Douro operations is in charge of Luís Seabra, with the help of Maria Gil in Laboratory, António Fonseca in the Winery and Gabriela Santos in the office.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="349" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Map.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Map - Quinta de Napóles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/DouroRiverVN.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Douro river near Quinta de Nápoles (Photo by Verena)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="259" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/QuintaDeNapoles1.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Quinta de Nápoles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Dirk)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/napoles_VN.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Quinta de Nápoles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Verena)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/caseiros.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Maria José and Sr Manuel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Verena)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="600" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/luis7.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Luís Seabra &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Dirk)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="375" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Luis3_VN.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Luís Seabra &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Verena)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="330" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Gabriela.png" width="400" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Gabriela Santos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Dirk)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="justify" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;U&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;INTA DE CARRIL,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt; next to Quinta de Nápoles, was purchased by Niepoort in 1988. These old vineyards the source for Batuta...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="349" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/quintaDoCarril.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Quinta do Carril&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;V&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;ALE MENDIZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;The former museum in Vale Mendiz was purchased by Niepoort in 2003 and converted to a vinification center for the Niepoort port wines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="233" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/dirk-007833.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Stone Lagares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt; in Vale Mendiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="233" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/dirk-007874.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Stone Lagares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt; in Vale Mendiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;img height="368" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/valemendiz1.png" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;Storage area in Vale Mendiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="303" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/HarvestDirk1.png" width="450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;Harvest &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/Files/Foodtrood.png" width="450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;Harvest &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="en-gb"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;(Photo by Manfred Klimek)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img height="165" src="http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com/LogoRedGlass%20S.png" width="165" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"&gt;var sc_project=1099104; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 74px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" height="318" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBLwq6oxuQI/AAAAAAAABLY/Tr3CtDoo0Rw/s400/untitled.jpg" width="128" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sinds kort produceert Michel Torino ook een deel van zijn productie volledig, gecertificeerd, ecologisch. Dit wordt onder de naam CUMA op de markt gebracht, wat in het &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&amp;amp;q=aymara&amp;amp;m=text"&gt;Aymara&lt;/a&gt;, de taal van de oorspronkelijke bewoners, zoveel betekent als puur. Dit simpele woord beschrijft het commitment van Michel Torino om de omgeving puur en schoon te houden voor de toekomstige bevolking van &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&amp;amp;q=Cafayate+quebrada&amp;amp;m=text"&gt;Cafayate Valley&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CUMA Torrontes: Heldere, bleke, goudgroene kleur. In de neus uitbundige tonen van bloemen (rozen en jasmijn) en citrus. Ook in de bijzonder aangename smaak komen de bloemetjes- en citrustonen terug met daarbij nog indrukken van perziken. De wijn is fruitig, zacht en heerlijk fris. 100% Biologische wijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.micheltorino.com.ar/"&gt;http://www.micheltorino.com.ar/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBOoRKoxuVI/AAAAAAAABMA/CpKUDLxKfss/s1600-h/bod-2095432327_dc2b29ba12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193679808154941778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBOoRKoxuVI/AAAAAAAABMA/CpKUDLxKfss/s400/bod-2095432327_dc2b29ba12.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bodega El Esteco&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-6649566946848584766?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/6649566946848584766/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=6649566946848584766' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6649566946848584766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6649566946848584766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/cuma-torrontes-zachtdroge-biologische.html' title='Cuma Torrontes, zachtdroge biologische wijn uit Argentinië'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBLwq6oxuQI/AAAAAAAABLY/Tr3CtDoo0Rw/s72-c/untitled.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-5692080775049873861</id><published>2008-04-24T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T15:51:34.758-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Riesling</title><content type='html'>Gemakkelijk te drinken bij garnalen en gegrilde vis, maar ook voortreffelijk bij verse geitenkaas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-5692080775049873861?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/5692080775049873861/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=5692080775049873861' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5692080775049873861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5692080775049873861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/riesling.html' title='Riesling'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-7638208620268069676</id><published>2008-04-24T15:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:22.888-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Santa Rita Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEMGKoxuOI/AAAAAAAABK4/wkNG6ARGUNk/s1600-h/Santa+Rita.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192945145409026274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" height="318" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEMGKoxuOI/AAAAAAAABK4/wkNG6ARGUNk/s400/Santa+Rita.jpg" width="99" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In het laatse kwart van de 19de eeuw importeerden Chileense wijnbouwers met visie de beste Franse wijnstokken. Een van die ondernemers was Don Domingo Fernandez, de oprichter van het huis Viña Santa Rita. Geholpen door Franse vinologen produceerde Santa Rita in 1880 zijn eerste wijnen, die het traditionele product ver achter zich lieten. De export kwam spoedig op gang. Viña Santa Rita is gesticht in 1880. De bijna 2000 ha wijngaarden liggen verspreid over 4 valleien; de Maipo, Casablanca, Rapèl en Lontué vallei. Al in de 19e eeuw werden er franse druivensoorten door de stichter van het bedrijf geïmporteerd. De voorwaarden voor de wijnbouw zijn ideaal: milde winters, regenval in het voorjaar en warme droge zomers. De nachten zijn door de ligging dicht aan zee, zeer koel.&lt;br /&gt;De reserva serie van Santa Rita kenmerkt zich voornamelijk door haar complexiteit, fruitconcentratie, elegantie en balans.&lt;br /&gt;Op 9 april j.l. heeft deze wijn van Robert Parker's Wine Spectator maar liefst een score gekregen van 91 punten met de volgende tekst:"Broad-shouldered, with lots of tobacco, currant paste and loam notes backed by a muscular structure. The dark, dense finish shows hints of cedar and roasted vanilla. Has lots of Pauillac-like grip. A terrific value. Drink now through 2014.—J.M."&lt;br /&gt;De Cabernet Sauvignon heeft 8 maanden rijping gehad in Amerikaans eikenhouten vaten, en heeft een dieprode kleur, met in de neus en mond veel zwartfruitindrukken, pruimen en kruiden. De afdronk is lang, stevig maar toch zacht en soepel.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-7638208620268069676?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/7638208620268069676/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=7638208620268069676' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/7638208620268069676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/7638208620268069676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/santa-rita-reserva-cabernet-sauvignon.html' title='Santa Rita Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEMGKoxuOI/AAAAAAAABK4/wkNG6ARGUNk/s72-c/Santa+Rita.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-7376437334967954882</id><published>2008-04-24T14:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.013-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Seven grapes and 1000 aromas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEIS6oxuMI/AAAAAAAABKo/CiJ7pp5NW8s/s1600-h/hunawihr_2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192940966405847234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 476px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" height="139" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEIS6oxuMI/AAAAAAAABKo/CiJ7pp5NW8s/s400/hunawihr_2008.jpg" width="486" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Alsace, the wines generally take their name from the grape variety from which they are made, and not from their terroir. This originality has doubtless helped create their worldwide reputation. Winelovers appreciate the Alsace grape varieties because they reunite all the pleasures of the senses : a slim bottle that is immediately recognisable, fruitdriven aromas that identify each grape, then the unique taste of Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir, creating a unique palette of wines that ranges all the way from light and dry to opulent and rich.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-7376437334967954882?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/7376437334967954882/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=7376437334967954882' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/7376437334967954882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/7376437334967954882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/seven-grapes-and-1000-aromas.html' title='Seven grapes and 1000 aromas'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBEIS6oxuMI/AAAAAAAABKo/CiJ7pp5NW8s/s72-c/hunawihr_2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-6160419784810420912</id><published>2008-04-24T05:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.181-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Vins d’Alsace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBM1KqoxuRI/AAAAAAAABLg/HfXda7h_9E4/s1600-h/1202506387_dd8ed7d059_o+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193553252648597778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 372px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px" height="279" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBM1KqoxuRI/AAAAAAAABLg/HfXda7h_9E4/s400/1202506387_dd8ed7d059_o+copy.jpg" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Het is opmerkelijk dat de wijnen uit de Alsace ( Elzas ) zo goed met de oosterse keuken samengaan. De meeste wijnen zijn niet opgewassen tegen de vaak pittige en kruidige Aziatische gerechten. Een aantal Alsace wijnen heeft echter van nature een licht zoetje dat prima samengaat met de pittige Thaise, de kruidige Indonesische en de krachtige Indiase keuken.&lt;br /&gt;In de Alsace maken ze hoofdzakelijk wijnen van één enkel druivenras. Elke ras heeft zo zijn eigen stijl en smaak. Dit zorgt, in combinatie met de verschillende grondsoorten, voor zeer karakteristieke wijnen.&lt;br /&gt;Eind september, zo vlak voor de oogst, is het interessant om de druiven te proeven. Na een paar keer oefenen, haal je de exotische Gewürztraminer er zo uit, valt de sproetige Riesling op door zijn frisse zuren en kun je niet mee van de sappige Pinot Gris afblijven.&lt;br /&gt;De Alsace is door Moeder natuur gezegend met de perfecte omstandigheden. De zoetheid ( rijpheid ) van de druif is afhankelijk van het aantal zonne-uren en daar hebben ze in de Alsace niet over te klagen. De stad Colmar, het hart van de Alsace, heeft na Perpignan in het zuiden van Frankrijk, de minste neerslag van Frankrijk. Dit heeft alles te maken met de Vogezen. De regenbuien uit het westen komen meestal niet over de hoge toppen van het langgerekte gebergte. De wijngaarden liggen aan de oostzijde en genieten volop van de zon. De beste druiven groeien op de heuvels, tot een paar honderd meter hoogte. En dat proef je in de wijnen!&lt;br /&gt;Alle Alsace wijnen, van de soepele Pinot Blanc en frisse Sylvaner tot de krachtige Gewürztraminer, hebben een goede balans tussen zoet en zuur. En dat is de brug naar de oosterse keuken, waar ze – naast de geurige kruiden – ook met zoete en zure ingrediënten werken.&lt;br /&gt;De volle Pinot Gris en de kruidige Gewürztraminer zijn geschikt bij de geurige specerijen van de Thaise- en Indiase keuken. Lastige ingrediënten als gember, komijn, kokos en kruidnagel zijn voor deze wijnen geen probleem. De rauwe vis van de Japanse keuken gaat prima samen met een frisse Riesling. Bij tonijn of een lekker stukje mals vlees op oosterse wijze klaargemaakt, vindt de fruitige rode Pinot Noir zijn weg. Vegetarische wokschotels met veel groentes smaken verrassend goed bij de droge Muscat.&lt;br /&gt;Het is heel bijzonder dat deze smakencombinaties, eigenlijk zo ver van elkaar verwijderd, zo goed bij elkaar passen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vinalsace.com/"&gt;http://www.vinalsace.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-6160419784810420912?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/6160419784810420912/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=6160419784810420912' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6160419784810420912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6160419784810420912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/vins-dalsace.html' title='Vins d’Alsace'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SBM1KqoxuRI/AAAAAAAABLg/HfXda7h_9E4/s72-c/1202506387_dd8ed7d059_o+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-9114217358202811909</id><published>2008-04-24T03:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T03:15:47.461-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glas'/><title type='text'>Glasriket</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="content"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BACKGROUND: #000000; COLOR: #ffffff; family: sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: 32px"&gt;Glasriket&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 496px; HEIGHT: 515px" height="600" alt="" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-goud.jpg" width="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"&gt;Het kristallen koninkrijk in Zweden&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tijdens de feestdagen hoort de drank in feestelijke glazen. Geen betere plek om die te gaan uitzoeken dan het 'Glasriket', het rijk van glas, in Zweden, zo’n 5 uur rijden ten zuiden van Stockholm. Waar wij in Nederland nog wel eens een zondag willen doorbrengen op de meubelboulevard of in Ikea is het in Zweden heel normaal om als weekend-uitje glasfabrieken te bezoeken. Kosta Boda, Johanfors en Orrefors, zomaar wat wereldberoemde merknamen die allemaal hun oorsprong hebben in het ‘Glasriket’. Natuurlijk kunt u zelf glasblazen, is er overal genoeg te eten en te drinken en zijn er voor de shoppers ‘Factory Outlets’ waar de collecties van het vorig jaar met forse kortingen van de hand gaan. Lijken ze toch een beetje op ons, die Zweden!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="orrefors" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-orrefors.jpg" width="395" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="blazer-1" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-blazer-1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="servies" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-servies.jpg" width="190" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="blazer-2" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-blazer-2.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="blazer-3" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-blazer-3.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-p61-1.jpg" width="395" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="kosta-boda" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-kosta-boda.jpg" width="180" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="275" alt="oven" src="http://www.drinksonly.nl/afbld_03/glasriket-oven.jpg" width="215" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- /content --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-9114217358202811909?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/9114217358202811909/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=9114217358202811909' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/9114217358202811909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/9114217358202811909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/glasriket-het-kristallen-koninkrijk-in.html' title='Glasriket'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-7846887851451168712</id><published>2008-04-24T02:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T12:56:16.498-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jenever drank'/><title type='text'>De  geschiedenis van jenever</title><content type='html'>Net als bij vrijwel alle sterke drank lagen ook bij jenever de wortels bij het zoeken naar een manier om de levensduur van wijn te verlengen. De kloosters, als toenmalige centra van kennis speelden hierin een belangrijke rol. Wijn werd tot 'gebrande wijn' (brandewijn) gedistilleerd en niet veel later ontstonden door toevoeging van verschillende kruiden uit de kloostertuin de eerste likeuren. Daarnaast ontdekten apothekers dat alcohol een goede manier was om geneesmiddelen te bewaren.&lt;br /&gt;De brandewijn van jeneverbessen werd uiteindelijk gedistilleerd, wat geur en smaak zeer ten goede kwam en de houdbaarheid verder verlengde.&lt;br /&gt;Rond 1600 was Nederland de spil in de wereldhandel in graan. Dat feit, gecombineerd met de oprichting van de V.O.C. leidde er toe dat kruiden en planten uit de 'wingewesten' hun weg naar de distilleerketels vonden en samen met het overvloedig beschikbare graan omgezet werden tot een, voor die tijd, goede kwaliteit brandewijn. Ook de eerste onbedoelde export werd een feit, door het enthousiast innemen van de drank door de V.O.C. bemanningen!&lt;br /&gt;Aan het einde van de zestiende eeuw was Sylvius de Bouve, naast apotheker ook professor aan de universiteit van Leiden. Hij was op zoek naar een koortswerend middel tegen tropische ziekten, en voegde aan eau-de-vie ter smaakverbetering de geur en het parfum van de jeneverbes toe. Hij verkocht het brouwseltje onder de naam Genova.&lt;br /&gt;De drank werd populair tot in Engeland. Engelse huurlingen die in Nederland vochten gebruikten het om zich moed in te drinken. Vandaar de nog steeds bekende uitdrukking "Dutch courage".&lt;br /&gt;Tegelijkertijd met deze ontwikkeling begon Lucas Bols in het Amsterdam van de Gouden eeuw, toen zo'n beetje het centrum van de beschaafde wereld, met het distilleren van alcohol. Niet als medicijn, maar als genotsmiddel. Nederlandse sterke dranken, likeuren en genever voorop, veroverden de wereld.&lt;br /&gt;Aan het begin van de zeventiende eeuw vervoerden de Nederlandse koopvaardijschepen veel wijnen uit Frankrijk, Spanje en Italie naar Rotterdam dat als havenplaats snel belangrijker werd. Men realiseerde zich na enig rekenwerk dat het transport van een liter gedistilleerd meer opbracht dan dat van een liter wijn.&lt;br /&gt;De branderijen die dan ook in hoog tempo werden opgericht om de wijn te bewerken mochten niet in het midden van Rotterdam staan vanwege de vervuiling, een soort vroegste vorm van milieubeleid!&lt;br /&gt;"Jeneverstad" Schiedam werd een feit, terwijl bij Amsterdam de stokerijen naar Weesp moesten verhuizen. Door het nieuwe procedé van het continu distilleren kon er zuiverder alcohol op een snellere manier worden gemaakt en ontstond er na 1700 iets wat we een industrie kunnen noemen. In de 100 jaar daarna deden graan en mout hun intrede als basis voor het distilleren.&lt;br /&gt;Het ontkiemde graan werd gebrand en water en gist toegevoegd. "Coornbrander" werd een hooggewaardeerd ambacht en de eerste korenbrandewijn kwam op de markt. Maar het kon nog beter.&lt;br /&gt;In plaats van eenmaal distilleren kon het ook driemaal en ontstond moutwijn. Door deze vloeistof nóg eenmaal te distilleren en er kruiden, specerijen, maar vooral jeneverbessen aan toe te voegen, werd de smaak van de moutwijn verfijnd tot een alleszins acceptabele drank, met als extraatje een vermeende geneeskrachtige werking:de jenever, nationale trots en kasssucces tot op de dag van vandaag was geboren!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-7846887851451168712?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/7846887851451168712/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=7846887851451168712' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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Enkele feiten en cijfers over het Breda Jazz Festival:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Het Breda Jazz Festival bestaat sinds 1971 en is in zijn soort het oudste en grootste jazzfestival van   Nederland en Europa.Jaarlijks komen op het festival circa 250.000 bezoekers af.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Volgens een in 2004 gehouden onderzoek door de Nationale Hogeschool voor Toerisme en Verkeer   in Breda waarderen de bezoekers het Breda Jazz Festival gemiddeld met een 7,8. Zij geven in totaal   ruim 11 miljoen euro uit aan eten, drinken, overnachtingen en jazz-gerelateerde artikelen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Volgens het Onderzoeksbureau ReSponse Evenementen Monitor staat het Breda Jazz Festival op de   26e plaats van de Nederlandse Evenementen (gemeten naar media-aandacht en   bezoekersaantallen).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Het Breda Jazz Festival duurt 4 dagen en begint altijd op Hemelvaartsdag. De opening vindt plaats   om 13.00 uur bij het NHTV Podium Grote Markt Midden. Optredens vinden plaats op circa 20 podia in   de historische Bredase binnenstad. Alle buitenconcerten zijn gratis toegankelijk; de toegangsprijs   voor de speciale binnenconcerten varieert van 10 - 20 euro. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voor het bedrijfsleven bestaat de mogelijkheid om voor relaties en/of personeel een eigen middag   of avond te laten plaatsvinden.  De afgesproken prijs is all-in: accommodatie, gages voor optredende   muzikanten, licht, geluid, catering, bediening, stage-managers etc. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;De gemiddelde leeftijd van de bezoekers van het Breda Jazz Festival is 44 jaar. Er komen evenveel   mensen jonger dan 44 als ouder dan 44 jaar.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Een groot deel van de optredende muzikanten komt uit het buitenland (Amerika, Japan, Australië,   Engeland, Frankrijk etc). Maar ook lokale en regionale bands geven elk jaar acte de présence.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In de voorbereiding en tijdens het jazzfestival zijn circa 125 vrijwilligers voor en achter de schermen   actief. Zij zorgen voor begeleiding en vervoer van muzikanten, zij geven informatie aan bezoekers,  zorgen voor kaartverkoop en dragen op professionele wijze zorg voor een vlekkeloos verloop van  het jazzfestival. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bredajazzfestival.nl/"&gt;http://www.bredajazzfestival.nl/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-836563677439865315?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/836563677439865315/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=836563677439865315' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/836563677439865315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/836563677439865315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/38-jaar-breda-jazz-festival.html' title='38 jaar Breda Jazz Festival'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-622839232278086654</id><published>2008-04-23T02:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.469-08:00</updated><title type='text'>l'Elephant</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8DKaoxuFI/AAAAAAAABJU/HoaDddG726k/s1600-h/elephant-380.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192372372865398866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 462px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" height="236" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8DKaoxuFI/AAAAAAAABJU/HoaDddG726k/s200/elephant-380.jpg" width="397" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.keesvandewetering.nl/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Kees van de Wetering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-622839232278086654?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/622839232278086654/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=622839232278086654' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/622839232278086654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/622839232278086654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/lelephant.html' title='l&apos;Elephant'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8DKaoxuFI/AAAAAAAABJU/HoaDddG726k/s72-c/elephant-380.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-2610957602495202814</id><published>2008-04-22T02:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.692-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Brand Imperator</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2yI6oxuEI/AAAAAAAABJM/jgyKymfSegc/s1600-h/brandimperator.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192001811677034562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2yI6oxuEI/AAAAAAAABJM/jgyKymfSegc/s200/brandimperator.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Vanaf heden weer leverbaar, woow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bij Imperator zou een waarschuwing op de fles moeten staan. Dit is namelijk een zo'n lekker bier dat je niet doorhebt dat het knap stevig is. Voor je het weet lig je onder de tafel...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-2610957602495202814?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/2610957602495202814/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=2610957602495202814' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2610957602495202814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2610957602495202814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/brand-imperator.html' title='Brand Imperator'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2yI6oxuEI/AAAAAAAABJM/jgyKymfSegc/s72-c/brandimperator.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-1886498761221907041</id><published>2008-04-22T01:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T02:07:59.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Minyeshu</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="428" height="331" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-870ffb034840fc1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0870ffb034840fc1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331205702%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D67274E7C5ACF8DC83579696CD3F835FB9DA41501.1185BEC400FA24F8947DF4EF8D4B06118D568C5B%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D870ffb034840fc1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1zPnf1kjneeEF-H5wpNibt7PmeM&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="428" height="331" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0870ffb034840fc1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331205702%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D67274E7C5ACF8DC83579696CD3F835FB9DA41501.1185BEC400FA24F8947DF4EF8D4B06118D568C5B%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D870ffb034840fc1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1zPnf1kjneeEF-H5wpNibt7PmeM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minyeshu.nl/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Minyeshu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; , from Ethiopia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-1886498761221907041?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=870ffb034840fc1&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/1886498761221907041/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=1886498761221907041' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1886498761221907041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1886498761221907041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/minyeshu.html' title='Minyeshu'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-5308483452119159843</id><published>2008-04-21T23:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.813-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boomgaard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natuur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lente'/><title type='text'>Witte bloesem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2GKqoxuDI/AAAAAAAABJE/mdzRJa1qKO4/s1600-h/JokePlomp+-+bloesem.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191953463230183474" style="WIDTH: 472px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px" height="189" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2GKqoxuDI/AAAAAAAABJE/mdzRJa1qKO4/s200/JokePlomp+-+bloesem.jpg" width="268" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Witte bloesem, &lt;a href="http://www.jokeplomp.nl/"&gt;Joke Plomp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-5308483452119159843?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/5308483452119159843/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=5308483452119159843' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5308483452119159843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5308483452119159843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/witte-bloesem.html' title='Witte bloesem'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA2GKqoxuDI/AAAAAAAABJE/mdzRJa1qKO4/s72-c/JokePlomp+-+bloesem.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-2349278398835168250</id><published>2008-04-21T15:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:23.945-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hague Jazz</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Holland’s most friendly, comfortable, and intimate jazz party bursts out on May 23 &amp;amp; 24. At a crowded press conference, festival director Ruud Wijkniet presented the new edition of The Hague Jazz. The press seemed to be happy, and congratulated him and his festival staff with the program. As ticket sales are booming, we guess you are happy, too! We hope you will have a nice time at our event. The doors are open, and we are happy to welcome you again!&lt;br /&gt;The program (&lt;a href="http://www.thehaguejazz.com/english/23may.htm"&gt;May 23&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.thehaguejazz.com/english/24may.htm"&gt;May 24&lt;/a&gt;) is a challenging, eclectic, and exquisite mixture of old and new, popular and obscure, of mainstream and cutting edge underground, of instrumental and vocal, of comeback and debut. Instantly a hype is born around the artists that make their Dutch debut at The Hague Jazz, such as the Spanish bag pipe virtuoso Hevia, the young Danish dogs called JazzKamikaze, and the impressive vocalist Caroline Henderson. But also the concerts of Level 42, with one of the world’s greatest drummers Billy Cobham as a featured guest, the émincence grise Toots Thielemans, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (exclusive for Europe), and Miriam Makeba (the farewell tour), received a warm reception.&lt;br /&gt;There’s more than something for anybody, there’s a whole lot of everything for everybody, from Matt Bianco to McCoy Tyner (with special guest Joe Lovano), from Nile Rodgers &amp;amp; CHIC (with Omar Hakim on drums!) to Eddie Palmieri, from Gilles Peterson to the New Mastersounds.The Hague Jazz is going to be a smashing party, a sparkling event. We advise you to order your tickets as soon as possible. Last year the Saturday was completely sold out, and we expect to have a full house this year both days. (for ticket sales click &lt;a href="http://www.thehaguejazz.com/english/ticketsale.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.thehaguejazz.com/english/flashback07.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a pictorial overview of The Hague Jazz 2007.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0Yn9VrW6I/AAAAAAAABI8/-_l16U8yvvs/s1600-h/hague-jazz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191833020187499426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0Yn9VrW6I/AAAAAAAABI8/-_l16U8yvvs/s320/hague-jazz.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-2349278398835168250?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/2349278398835168250/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=2349278398835168250' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2349278398835168250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/2349278398835168250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/hague-jazz.html' title='The Hague Jazz'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0Yn9VrW6I/AAAAAAAABI8/-_l16U8yvvs/s72-c/hague-jazz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-4303820624978479674</id><published>2008-04-21T13:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T13:46:45.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Port</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.portugal-info.net/images/wines1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 471px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="99" alt="" src="http://www.portugal-info.net/images/wines1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portugal-info.net/images/wines1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portugal-info.net/images/wines1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;History&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The drink known as Port became popular in England at the end of the seventeenth century. The local produced wine was found to be a better traveller by ship when brandy was first added. The abbot of the monastery in Lamego in 1678 is credited with successfully adding brandy to wine to produce a palatable drink. It took some 100 years later before the quality of Port reached the more refined levels that we know today. This can mainly be credited to a young Englishman, J.J. Forrester, who cleverly eradicated the false customs and trade that was in existence when he arrived in Porto. The Portuguese government was so pleased that they later awarded him the title of Baron. Another person that must be mentioned is Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, who was the uncrowned "Queen of the Douro" in the 19th Century as the largest single landowner and a friend of Baron Forrester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Port demarcated region is in the upper Rio Douro valley and its tributaries almost stretching 100 Kms in total length. The terraced vineyards are on slopes that reach to about 500 mts. The land is divided into Quintas that are private estates, many of which are owned by the old English Port Lodges located at the mouth of the Rio Douro in the town of Vila Nova de Guia. This town lies on the southern riverbank and opposite the city of Porto. A visit to a Lodge is recommended as they are interesting and have lots of character within besides imparting the knowledge about preparing Port.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its governing body the Instituto do Vinho do Porto strictly controls the Port trade. Thirteen senior members of the Association enjoy the independent privilege of also being members of what is known as the "Factory House". This is an establishment with an old distinctly British flavour that dates back to the 18th Century in architecture and atmosphere. It is from within these granite walls that the British Lodges in Porto have successfully made trade agreements, and during their history, fought off threatening usurpers to their trade. It is considered a rare honour to be invited by a member to dine in style in its period rooms. Among others, a pleasant tradition is that an unmarked Port is served at the end of the meal to tease and test the assembled members and guests as to its origin, blending and year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Process&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The grapes of which there are more than 40 varieties are picked in September in the special harvest know as "vindema". Again, an invitation from one of the Lodges to go up the River Douro to be present during this harvest is another privilege. In the name of tradition the picked grapes are placed in granite stone "lagares", and in the age-old custom they are trod upon by foot until the grape is sufficiently prepared for fermentation. There are today other modern methods that are now used by many of the Lodges. The semi-fermented "must" is then mixed with a controlled quantity of brandy. This prevents the fermentation continuing leaving the wine free from the natural grape sugar. All Ports with the exception of a "vintage" are matured in oak casks inside the Lodges prior to bottling. When sold they are ready for immediate drinking and do not have to be decanted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Lodge may declare a particular year due to the quality found in their best wine as a "vintage". This may be done in a period of 18 months after harvesting the crop. It is then bottled six months later and a minimum maturity period of 15 years is then allowed. The longer the period of maturing the better will be flavour of the Port. It has to be noted that all "Vintage" Ports need to be decanted prior to being drunk. A "vintage" year is declared about every three to five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Styles of Port&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vintage - Blended from the wine of the best vineyards in the same year and stored whilst maturing for not less than 15 years. It must be bottled and racked within two years of harvesting. It is the cream of all Ports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Single Quinta Port - As the name implies this Port is from a single vineyard and can often be a Vintage Port.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LBV - This is a "Late Bottled Vintage" single year Port that has been matured in wood for not less than four years before being bottled. The label indicates the year of bottling and its vintage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vintage Character Port - This title is misleading in that the Port is similar to that of a fine Ruby Port and not that of a Vintage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crusted Port - This Port is a successful blending of wines from different years. Kept in casks for four years and then three years in the bottle prior to being sold. The crust deposit in the bottle is the cause of its name but should not be confused with Vintage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fine Old Tawny - As the name suggests this is pale-amber in colour and less full-bodied. It is a blended wine from different years and its label will indicate its age as an average year of its content. It is bottled and racked for 10, 20 years or more, assuming a smooth silky texture and a mellow nutty flavour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vintage-dated Tawny - These attractively priced Ports are as a Fine Old Tawny but also considered a Vintage. They can spend 20 or 50 years in a cask.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tawny - A Port that is less sweet in flavour and composed of blending from different aged wines - even a clever mixture of red and white. These Tawny Ports do not improve with ageing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fine Old Ruby - Blended from different years and kept in the cask for about four years before being ready to drink. They have a fruity-spicy flavour and classified as inferior to Tawny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ruby - A fruity Port and as the name suggests, deep red in colour. They blended from wines of different years and take no more than one to three years to mature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White - This is either dry or sweet in flavour. Normally chilled before serving and acts as an attractive aperitif in the small manner as a Spanish Sherry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leading Port Houses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cálem - established 1859&lt;br /&gt;Churchill - established in 1981&lt;br /&gt;Cockburn - established in 1815&lt;br /&gt;Crofts - established in 1678&lt;br /&gt;Delaforce - established in 1868&lt;br /&gt;Dow &amp;amp; Co - established in 1798&lt;br /&gt;Ferreira - established in 1761&lt;br /&gt;Fonseca - established in 1822&lt;br /&gt;Gould Campbell - established circa. 1797&lt;br /&gt;W &amp;amp; J Graham &amp;amp; Co - established in 1820&lt;br /&gt;Guimarães - (belonging to Fonseca)&lt;br /&gt;Morgan - established in 1715&lt;br /&gt;Noval - established in 1813&lt;br /&gt;Offley Forrester - established in 1737&lt;br /&gt;Poças - established in 1918&lt;br /&gt;Quarles Harris - established in 1680&lt;br /&gt;Quinta do Côtto - established pre. 1300&lt;br /&gt;Ramos-Pinto - established in1880&lt;br /&gt;Royal Oporto - established in 1756&lt;br /&gt;Rebello Valente - (belonging to Robertson Brothers &amp;amp; Co)&lt;br /&gt;Robertson Brothers &amp;amp; Co - established in 1881&lt;br /&gt;Sandeman - established in 1790&lt;br /&gt;Silves &amp;amp; Cosens - (belonging to Dow &amp;amp; Co)&lt;br /&gt;Smith Woodhouse - established in 1784&lt;br /&gt;Taylor, Fladgate &amp;amp; Yeatman - established in 1692&lt;br /&gt;Warre &amp;amp; Co - established in 1670&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-4303820624978479674?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/4303820624978479674/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=4303820624978479674' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/4303820624978479674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/4303820624978479674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/port.html' title='Port'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-1182856666403033394</id><published>2008-04-21T13:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T13:25:58.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inkathi brand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.seriousaboutwine.co.za/wp-content/inkathi-fb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand" height="292" alt="" src="http://www.seriousaboutwine.co.za/wp-content/inkathi-fb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Great brands start with a great name. Great brand names can be very powerful as they can differentiate your product from the competition and make an emotional connection with your customer. Great brand names are also distinctive and meaningful.&lt;br /&gt;But what are the alternatives if the name that you’ve set your heart on is not available?&lt;br /&gt;This was the challenge for brand owners Groupe LFE who couldn’t use their first choice for the branding of ” Four Seasons”, a wine concept that features seasons.&lt;br /&gt;Inkathi which is the Zulu word meaning season, was selected as the brand name for the range that was born out of the look of upmarket food packaging from the ’50s when old-fashioned values were paramount and the packaging needed to reflect quality, class, freshness and clarity. Thus labeling tended to be illustrative in a warm, approachable way, whether it was jam or canned peaches - a theme that was maintained with Inkathi.&lt;br /&gt;The labels were designed by Patrick Humphreys of Brimstone Design.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-1182856666403033394?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/1182856666403033394/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=1182856666403033394' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1182856666403033394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1182856666403033394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/inkathi-brand.html' title='Inkathi brand'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-3412108756391624909</id><published>2008-04-21T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T15:20:55.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inkathi</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Inkathi Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot Cinsault Pinotage of Pinotage Rosé&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;De witte wijn heeft tonen van tropisch fruit zoals guave en kruisbes en hinten van vanille. Lekker bij lichte, wit vleesgerechten, vis en schelpdieren. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;De rode wijn is complex en heeft karakteristieken van bessen, pruimen en noten. De wijn heeft een lange afdronk. Deze wijn doet het erg goed bij roodvleesgerechten, patés en kazen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Het druivensap van de Rosé wijn wordt niet geperst uit de druiven, maar opgevangen, wat de kleur van de Rosé bepaalt. Dan wordt de wijn gefilterd en gebotteld. Een typische Pinotage smaak met hinten van gestoofd fruit en pruim. Een heerlijke wijn voor bij lichte wit vleesgerechten, visgerechten en salades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lekkerdoen.nl/admin/montanitexteditor_images_uploads/w_1208349740inkathi-merlot.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 363px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="137" alt="" src="http://www.lekkerdoen.nl/admin/montanitexteditor_images_uploads/w_1208349740inkathi-merlot.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-3412108756391624909?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/3412108756391624909/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=3412108756391624909' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3412108756391624909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3412108756391624909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/inkathi.html' title='Inkathi'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-1556919936988123046</id><published>2008-04-21T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T12:47:51.882-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Port Extra Droog - Jeugd G</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;G Extra Droog Wit is de port van de jeugd, zijnde zowel soepel en droog. Z'n zuurrijke frisheid is z'n sterke punt voor moedige spiritualiën liefhebbers, lange nachten en een intense levensstijl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;G Extra Droog Wit drink je puur of in een G-portonic, met tonic water, ijs, limoen en een goede doses muziek.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Probeer 'm en ga er mee pierewaaien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gporto.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Gporto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aroma.ru/site/news/image/gporto_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 426px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px" height="185" alt="" src="http://www.aroma.ru/site/news/image/gporto_b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aroma.ru/site/news/image/gporto_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-1556919936988123046?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/1556919936988123046/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=1556919936988123046' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1556919936988123046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/1556919936988123046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/port-extra-droog-jeugd-g.html' title='Port Extra Droog - Jeugd G'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-3279338795951408253</id><published>2008-04-21T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T11:52:53.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.conchaytoro.cl/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Concha y Toro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; is Latin America’s biggest wine exporter and a leading international wine brand, with presence in over 115 countries. A global company, Concha y Toro combines tradition and innovation and stands by its steadfast commitment to deliver the best quality and wine experience to consumers everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;The company markets its wines under the Concha y Toro brand and via its subsidiaries: wineries Cono Sur, Viña Maipo and Viña Palo Alto.&lt;br /&gt;Operations in Argentina revolve around Trivento Bodegas y Viñedos, a company that is currently the second biggest wine exporter nationwide.&lt;br /&gt;In the midst of a very competitive industry, Concha y Toro has reached a solid position. Today it ranks among the 15 major international wine enterprises and exercises an indisputable leadership in key markets such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, East Europe, Japan and Latin America.&lt;br /&gt;Concha y Toro’s wine portfolio is a comprehensive collection of renowned quality and consistency, with product alternatives for every segment and occasion.&lt;br /&gt;The spirit of passionate winemaking that imbues Concha y Toro has translated into hefty international praise and awards. The excellence of Don Melchor leads the path; its 2003 vintage recently merited 96 points in influential Wine Spectator Magazine, the highest score ever attained by a Chilean wine. Terrunyo, Marqués de Casa Concha and Trio ranges have also been extensively recognized and positively reviewed.&lt;br /&gt;Casillero del Diablo, Chile’s prime global wine brand, also adds to the trend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-3279338795951408253?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/3279338795951408253/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=3279338795951408253' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3279338795951408253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/3279338795951408253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/concha-y-toro-is-latin-americas-biggest.html' title=''/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-5210236794186153918</id><published>2008-04-21T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T11:29:08.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Palo Alto Reserva</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.chile.com/images/articulos//78714/palo-alto-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 73px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" height="238" alt="" src="http://www.chile.com/images/articulos//78714/palo-alto-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Maule Valley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Een lekkere stevige wijn van drie druivenrassen. Met de kracht van cabernet sauvignon, de zachtheid van carmenère en de peperigheid van syrah. Plus een aangenaam vleugje vanille door de houtrijping, en dat alles verpakt in een prachtige fles.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-5210236794186153918?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/5210236794186153918/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=5210236794186153918' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5210236794186153918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5210236794186153918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/palo-alto-reserva-maule-valley-een-van.html' title='Palo Alto Reserva'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-7095097583910758843</id><published>2007-11-23T05:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:24.136-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watch'/><title type='text'>IWC Da Vinci</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8t96oxuJI/AAAAAAAABKQ/yCGVfXCAavo/s1600-h/IWC+-+DaVinci.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 464px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 319px" height="319" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8n36oxuHI/AAAAAAAABKA/5GAZmoDz0p8/s320/Peter+Paul+Rubens+-+Christus+en+de+overspelige+vrouw.jpg" width="431" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8l_6oxuGI/AAAAAAAABJ4/bLnrFy6JPDc/s1600-h/Peter+Paul+Rubens+-+Christus+en+de+overspelige+vrouw.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Paul Rubens,&lt;br /&gt;Christus en de overspelige vrouw,&lt;br /&gt;olieverf op paneel, 143,5 x 194 cm,&lt;br /&gt;Brussel, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-4937724452016400360?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/4937724452016400360/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=4937724452016400360' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/4937724452016400360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/4937724452016400360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/peter-paul-rubens-christus-en-de.html' title='Peter Paul Rubens - Christus en de overspelige vrouw'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA8n36oxuHI/AAAAAAAABKA/5GAZmoDz0p8/s72-c/Peter+Paul+Rubens+-+Christus+en+de+overspelige+vrouw.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-6737115233825576755</id><published>2007-09-22T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T14:07:27.078-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rubens'/><title type='text'>Peter Paul Rubens</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The Flemish baroque painter &lt;strong&gt;Peter Paul Rubens&lt;/strong&gt;, b. June 28, 1577, d. May 30, 1640 was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and is now widely recognized as one of the foremost painters in Western art history.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By completing the fusion of the realistic tradition of Flemish painting with the imaginative freedom and classical themes of Italian Renaissance painting, he fundamentally revitalized and redirected northern European painting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rubens's upbringing mirrored the intense religious strife of his age--a fact that was to be of crucial importance in his artistic career. His father, an ardently Calvinist Antwerp lawyer, fled in 1568 to Germany to escape religious persecution, but after his death (1587) the family moved back to Antwerp, where Peter Paul was raised a Roman Catholic and received his early training as an artist and a courtier. By the age of 21 he was a master painter whose aesthetic and religious outlook led him to look to Italy as the place to complete his education. Upon arriving (1600) in Venice, he fell under the spell of the radiant color and majestic forms of Titian, whose work had a formative influence on Rubens's mature style. During Rubens's 8 years (1600-08) as court painter to the duke of Mantua, he assimilated the lessons of the other Italian Renaissance masters and made (1603) a journey to Spain that had a profound impact on the development of Spanish baroque art. He also spent a considerable amount of time in Rome, where he painted altarpieces for the churches of Santa Croce di Gerusalemme (1602; now in Hopital du Petit-Paris, Grasse, France) and the Chiesa Nuova (1607; now in Musee de Peinture et Sculpture, Grenoble, France), his first widely acknowledged masterpieces. His reputation established, Rubens returned (1608) to Antwerp following the death of his mother and quickly became the dominant artistic figure in the Spanish Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the mature phase of his career, Rubens either executed personally or supervised the execution of an enormous body of works that spanned all areas of painting and drawing. A devout Roman Catholic, he imbued his many religious paintings with the emotional tenor of the Counter-Reformation. This aggressively religious stance, along with his deep involvement in public affairs, lent Rubens's work a conservative and public cast that contrasts sharply with the more private and secular paintings of his great Dutch contemporary, Rembrandt. But if his roots lay in Italian classical art and in Roman Catholic dogma, Rubens avoided sterile repetition of academic forms by injecting into his works a lusty exuberance and almost frenetic energy. Glowing color and light that flickers across limbs and draperies infuse spiraling compositions such as The Descent from the Cross (1611; Antwerp Cathedral) with a characteristically baroque sense of movement and tactile strength.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A love of monumental forms and dynamic effects is most readily apparent in the vast decorative schemes he executed in the 1620s, including the famous 21-painting cycle (1622-25; Louvre, Paris), chronicling the life of Marie de Medicis, originally painted for the Luxembourg Palace. In order to complete these huge commissions, Rubens set up a studio along the lines of Italian painters' workshops, in which fully qualified artists executed paintings from the master's sketches. Rubens's personal contribution to the over 2,000 works produced by this studio varied considerably from work to work. Among his most famous assistants were Anthony van Dyck and Frans SNYDERS. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rubens's phenomenal productivity was interrupted from time to time by diplomatic duties given him by his royal patrons, Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Isabella, for whom he conducted (1625) negotiations aimed at ending the war between the Spanish Netherlands and the Dutch Republic and helped conclude (1629-30) a peace treaty between England and Spain. Charles I of England was so impressed with Rubens's efforts that he knighted the Flemish painter and commissioned his only surviving ceiling painting, The Allegory of War and Peace (1629; Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace, London). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the final decade of his life, Rubens turned more and more to portraits, genre scenes, and landscapes. These later works, such as Landscape with the Chateau of Steen (1636; National Gallery, London), lack the turbulent drama of his earlier paintings but reflect a masterful command of detail and an unflagging technical skill. Despite recurring attacks of arthritis, he remained an unusually prolific artist throughout his last years, which were spent largely at his estate, Chateau de Steen. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/rubens/rubens_self-portrait.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Self-Portrait (?)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/dragon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;St. George Slaying the Dragon&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pen with brown ink and brown wash; Louvre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/christ.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Christ and Saint John with Angels&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;; Wilton House at Wiltshire, England&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/triumphal.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Triumphal Entry of Henry IV into Paris&lt;br /&gt;Undated; Uffizi&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/henry-iv.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Medicis on May 14, 1610&lt;br /&gt;1610 (70 Kb); Musee du Louvre, Paris &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.resizr.com/resized/9b152.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Daniel in the Lion's Den&lt;br /&gt;c. 1615; Oil on canvas, 224.3 x 330.4 cm (88 1/4 x 130 1/8 in); National Gallery of Art, Washington&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/garland.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Madonna in a Garland of Flowers&lt;br /&gt;detail, 1616; Alte Pinakothek, Munich &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/earth-water.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Union of Earth and Water&lt;br /&gt;c. 1618; Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 180.5 cm (87 1/2 x 71 in); Hermitage, St. Petersburg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/amazons.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Battle of the Amazons&lt;br /&gt;1618 &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/brandt.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Isabella Brandt&lt;br /&gt;1625-26 ; Oil on canvas, Uffizi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/elijah.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water from an Angel&lt;br /&gt;1625-28 (70 Kb); Musee Bonnat, Bayonne, France&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/virgin-child.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Virgin and Child enthroned with saints&lt;br /&gt;c. 1627-8; Sketch for a large altar painting; Oil on wood, 80.2 x 55.5 cm (31 1/2 x 21 3/4 in); Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/self-1628.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Self-Portrait, 1628, Oil on canvas, Uffizi&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/peace.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Allegory on the blessings of peace, 1635-38; Oil on wood, Louvre &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/village-fete.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;The Village Fête, 1635-38; Oil on wood, Louvre &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/bacchus.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Bacchus&lt;br /&gt;1638-40 (150 Kb); Oil on canvas, transferred from panel, 191 x 161.3 cm (75 x 63 1/2 in); Hermitage, St. Petersburg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/fourment.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Helena Fourment with a Carriage&lt;br /&gt;1639 ; Oil on wood; Louvre &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Photographs by Mark Harden and Carol Gerten-Jackson&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-6737115233825576755?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/6737115233825576755/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=6737115233825576755' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6737115233825576755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/6737115233825576755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2008/04/peter-paul-rubens.html' title='Peter Paul Rubens'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-5462697901704076766</id><published>2007-09-14T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:24.459-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rubens, A Genius At Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0TEtVrW5I/AAAAAAAABI0/6yn-mjJerwg/s1600-h/photo-poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191826917038971794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 455px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" height="137" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0TEtVrW5I/AAAAAAAABI0/6yn-mjJerwg/s320/photo-poster.jpg" width="373" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exhibition 14 09 2007 - 27 01 2008&lt;br /&gt;Royal Museums of fine Arts of Belgium&lt;br /&gt;Rue de la Régence 3&lt;br /&gt;1000 Brussels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Information:&lt;br /&gt;tel. : 32 (0)2 508 33 33&lt;br /&gt;fax : 32 (0)2 508 32 32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Opening hours :&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ticket office closes at 4p.m.) Closed on Mondays, November 1 2007 and 11 2007, December 25 2007, January 1 2008, January 10 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrance fees:&lt;br /&gt;Adults: 9€ Seniors, Students, groups (&gt;15 people): : 6,5€ School parties / pupil, handicapped, unemployed, teachers: 2,5€ Entrance free for the Friends of the Museums and children below 13 years with an adult Audioguide (available for hire at the entrance): € 4The tickets give access to the collections of the Museums of Fine Arts on the same day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4088746531609236388-5462697901704076766?l=rvb-cheers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/feeds/5462697901704076766/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4088746531609236388&amp;postID=5462697901704076766' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5462697901704076766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4088746531609236388/posts/default/5462697901704076766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rvb-cheers.blogspot.com/2007/09/rubens-genius-at-work.html' title='Rubens, A Genius At Work'/><author><name>rvb-cheers!</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18149337184124818887</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OKwl1EBJcJY/SA0TEtVrW5I/AAAAAAAABI0/6yn-mjJerwg/s72-c/photo-poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088746531609236388.post-2975505179914159287</id><published>2007-07-23T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:03:24.559-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Landschap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.theokoster.nl/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192547431437416626" style="FLOAT: left; 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